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Lunch Box

Lunch Box

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 20, 2004

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Romance, Drama

User Score

39%

Original Title

たまもの

Production Companies

Kokuei Company

Director

Shinji Imaoka

Budget

$35,000

Description

The film tells the story of Aiko, a 35-year-old mute woman who works in a bowling alley, and her brief romance with Yoshioka, a younger man who works as a postal carrier. The two meet when Aiko accidentally knocks Yoshioka off his bicycle, and they have a sexual encounter soon after. Aiko begins preparing lunchboxes and giving them to Yoshioka at his workplace as a way of expressing affection, which she cannot do verbally.